Music

High Desert Winds Santa Fe Spring Concert May 17

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Ricardo A. Hernandez
Artistic Director & Principal Conductor
High Desert Winds Santa Fe

CONCERT News:

High Desert Winds Santa Fe (HDWSF) will present its Spring 2026 Concert, a tribute to mothers and other prominent women, at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., in Santa Fe.

This concert features Suite from ‘Maria de Buenos Aires’ and guest conductor Jan Gaynor, conducting ‘Blessed Are They’ by Johannes Brahms.

Other selections include:

  • Tuttarana by Esmail
  • Cyrus the Great by K.L. King
  • First Suite in Eb for Military Band by Holst
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Los Alamos High School To Host Arts & Music Festival

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LAPS News:

The community is invited to enjoy an evening of arts and music at the annual Arts & Music Festival hosted by Los Alamos Public Schools (LAHS). This event will take place at 5 p.m., Thursday, April 23, at LAHS 1300 Diamond Drive.

The evening will include concerts by elementary, middle school and high school choirs as well as band and orchestra performances. The LAMS and LAHS jazz bands will also perform, along with several groups from the Jazz Project.

Artwork by students across the district will be on display.

This event is free and open to the public.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has Read More

NMPW Names Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher 2026 Communicator Of Achievement

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Post news team members celebrate the statewide honor on Tuesday at Blue Window Bistro. Front row from left, Managing Editor Kirsten Laskey, Publisher Carol A. Clark, Graphic Designer Páya Pavlíková and Sports Schedule Coordinator Charlene  McHale. Back row from left, Photographer John McHale, Reporter Mark MacInnes, Newspaper Distribution Coordinator Delbert Romero, Advertising Manager KayLinda Crawford and Photographer Tomás Redondo. Not pictured are Social Media Editor Chris Clark, Photographer/Videographer Nate Limback and Bookkeeper Chip Clark. Courtesy photo

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Los Alamos High School Schola Cantorum Wins 2026 4A State Choir Championship

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The Los Alamos High School Schola Cantorum are the 2026 4A State Choir Choir Champions. Members of the choir include (back row, left to right): Mr. Rutledge, Kasey King, Brendan Treat, Sumner Tholen*, Griffen McCabe, and Ruben Diaz-Jimenez; (middle row, left to right): Abby Clay, Ayssa Sanders, Karly Seitz-Pruitt, Iris Butcher, Mattea Clarkson, Maici Guise, Eric Brown, Sara Muñoz, Camden Shunk, Alea Kretz*, Ralston Hoffer, and Gabriel Dodd; and (front row, left to right) Zachary Sestric, Naomi Miller, Gloria Marksteiner, Isabella Gletsos, Kaitlyn Nolen, Anya Seet, Blue ENgeman, Gyasi Read More

2026 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Lineup Reveal

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COMMUNITY News:

The Los Alamos County Community Services Department and Sancre Productions are proud to announce the 2026 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series lineup. The series will be held every Friday from May 22nd through August 28th, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM, at Ashley Pond Park, Los Alamos, NM.

There will be food vendors offering a variety of cuisines, local nonprofit organizations sharing information, and incredible music across multiple genres all summer long—featuring nationally touring bands and the best bands that New Mexico’s music scene has to offer. The best part of all: the Los Alamos Read More

Meow Wolf Grapevine Announces DJ Fest May 22

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Courtesy/Meow Wolf

MEOW WOLF News:

GRAPEVINE, TX — Meow Wolf Grapevine announced it will host its premiere music festival, Meow Wolf DJ FEST (feat. Pandemonium), Friday, May 22, transforming The Real Unreal into a full-exhibition celebration of sound, movement, and immersive art. Designed as a one-night-only party, the event marks the first festival of its kind at Meow Wolf Grapevine, unfolding across the exhibition’s many rooms with simultaneous performances and distinct sonic environments.

As doors open at 8 p.m., some of The Real Unreal’s most iconic spaces will activate like guests Read More

Los Alamos Symphony Announces Spring Concert—A Celebration Of American Sound

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LAS News:

The Los Alamos Symphony invites the community to an evening of vibrant and diverse music at its Spring Concert on Saturday, April 18th at 7:00 p.m. at Crossroads Bible Church. This special event is free and open to the public, with donations warmly welcomed to support the Symphony’s programs and outreach.

This season’s concert highlights a dynamic “melting pot” of American music, showcasing a wide range of styles—from cinematic scores to classical masterworks. The program includes selections such as Star Trek Into Darkness by Michael Giacchino, Dusk by Steven Bryant, Variations Read More

Santa Fe Desert Chorale Expands American Choral Canon With ‘Roots & Rivers’

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Cover of Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s new album. Courtesy photo

Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Photo credit Tira Howard Photography

SFDC News:

NEW YORK, NY — The nationally recognized chamber choir Santa Fe Desert Chorale, one of the longest-running professional music organizations in New Mexico, led by Artistic Director Joshua Habermann, announces the release of its new album, Roots & Rivers, available on major streaming platforms on June 12, 2026, via Navona Records.

In Roots & Rivers, Habermann and the Desert Chorale present commissioned works by Reena Esmail, Jocelyn Hagen, Read More

From Moscow To The Main Stage Red Elvises Guitarist Yury Krivoshein Brings His Journey To New Mexico

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Yury Krivoshein on stage with the Red Elvises. Courtesy image

Yury Krivoshein’s first band out of school – country music. Courtesy image

By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Yury Krivoshein grew up in a musical suburb of Moscow, picked up a guitar at 12, and spent his formative years obsessing over Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler, and Pink Floyd. By the time he was a working musician, he was playing in Russia’s oldest rockabilly band, doing session work for film and radio, and living what he describes as a successful career. Then, Feb. 24, 2022 changed everything.

“On the Read More

‘Weaving A Musical Tapestry’ With Coro de Cámara & Guests

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Cindy Little, guest pianist (left); Madeline Thibodeaux, Director, Los Alamos Children’s Chorus; Nylea Butler-Moore, Coro Artistic Director. Courtesy photo

CORO DE CAMARA News:

When you think of a choral music performance, weaving may not come to mind. But in Coro de Cámara’s “Weaving a Musical Tapestry” concerts, the musicians weave voices, instruments, narration, and music threads into a vibrant, colorful tapestry of sound. Guest pianist Cindy Little, and the Los Alamos Children’s Chorus under the direction of Madeline Thibodeaux, add to the tapestry’s striking pattern. Two 4 p.m. Read More